Nominate a colleague the for Presidential Employee Excellence in Service AwardsDo you know an employee who has made an outstanding contribution to the Health Science Center? If so, please consider nominating them to receive a Presidential Employee Excellence in Service Award. The person can be either a classified or administrative and professional staff member.
Up to five winners will be honored by President Francisco G. Cigarroa, M.D., Jan. 25, 2007, and given a plaque and a check for $1,000. For information about nominating someone, click on:
www.uthscsa.edu/op/employeeexcellence/index.html.
Please use the nomination form to list reasons why you think the person should be considered for an award. A written letter is not necessary to nominate someone. Paper nomination forms are available in the office of human resources, Room 112 of the Administration building. To request that a copy be mailed or faxed to you, please call (210) 567-2320.
Winners will not be chosen based on the number of nominations received. If an employee receives more than one nomination, the selection committee will evaluate the individual based on the
first nomination received. If several people want to nominate the same employee, please combine all comments into
one nomination form.
The nomination deadline is at 5 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 1. All materials must be received in the office of human resources by that time.
For more information, call (210) 567-2320 or send an e-mail to Anita Glass, senior organizational development advisor, at
glassa@uthscsa.edu; or Margaret Drake, Ph.D., associate director of human resources, at
drake@uthscsa.edu.
Gifts for Children book fair returns tomorrowDon’t miss the Health Science Center’s book fair, to be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Oct. 4-6, in the School of Medicine building near Subway.
The Gifts for Children program is sponsoring the book fair. In addition to books, a variety of gifts, games and music will be available. Stop by with your co-workers to help benefit the Gifts for Children program.
Gifts for Children provides presents for children who are treated during the holiday season by the University Health System, CHRISTUS Santa Rosa, the PREMIEre Program and several clinics and university programs.
Annual Briggs Lectureship set for Oct. 5The pharmacology department will host the 13th annual Arthur H. Briggs Lectureship at 4 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 5, in Room 409L of the School of Medicine building.
This year’s featured speaker is Terry Kenakin, Ph.D., principal research investigator of the noted GlaxoSmithKline Research and Development. GlaxoSmithKline produces medications that treat six major disease areas, including asthma, virus control, infections, mental health, diabetes and digestive conditions.
Dr. Kenakin will present
“Caprice in Pharmacological Numbers and How Pharmacological Receptor Theory can Guide New Drug Discovery: CCR5 HIV Inhibitors in AIDS as a Case Study.” Dr. Kenakin's laboratory centers on the use of quantitative receptor pharmacology and theory to advance new drug discovery programs within GlaxoSmithKline Molecular Discovery. He studies the use of HIV-1 inhibitors for treatment and prevention of AIDS.
For more information, contact Sandy Westerman, administrator in the department of pharmacology, at (210) 567-4205 or by e-mail at
westerman@uthscsa.edu.
HUB Vendor Fair set for Oct. 18The Health Science Center is sponsoring the annual HUB (Historically Underutilized Business) Vendor Fair this month, where representatives from more than 30 HUB businesses will display their products and answer questions about specific HUB businesses.
The fair is scheduled to take place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 18, in the auditorium. As a sponsor of the HUB Vendor Fair, the Health Science Center gives minority and women business owners the opportunity to exhibit their products and services, while allowing the Health Science Center community to become acquainted with the vendors.
A HUB is a corporation, sole proprietorship, partnership or joint venture formed for the purpose of making a profit, in which at least 51 percent ownership of the business is by a woman and/or ethnic minority.
For more information, please contact Rudy de la Cruz at
delacruz@uthscsa.edu, or Shelly Hegyi at
Hegyi@uthscsa.edu.
RAHC-Harlingen celebrates employee birthdays The Regional Academic Health Center (RAHC) administrative services and student services hosted a birthday celebration recently at the RAHC in Harlingen. The celebration is designed to mirror the birthday celebration tradition established at the Central Campus.
The quarterly celebration honored staff with July-September birthdays.
Honorees included:
(L-R) Rene Martinez, facilities management; Manuel R. Garcia, telecommunications and networking; Olga Gonzales, student services, Lt. Adam Trevino, UT Police; and Officer Violet Frausto, UT Police.
Not pictured:
Officer Hector Avila, UT Police; Virginia Barrera-Garcia, South Texas Poison Center; Belen Enriquez, library; Dr. Enrique Escobedo, family and community medicine; Petra Garcia, library; Esmeralda Lozano, department of the vice president for South Texas border initiatives; Sylvia Muniz, library; Sandra Robles, library; Yolanda Serna, library; and Monica Tovar, library.
Purchasing department selects Employee of the Quarter The purchasing department is pleased to announce the Employee of the Quarter for April – June: Teresa Crum, purchasing manager.
Crum has worked for the Health Science Center’s purchasing department for approximately six years and was promoted from buyer III to purchasing manager in October 2002. Her name will be added to the Purchasing Department’s Employee of the Quarter Plaque.
She was selected by her peers and is recognized for her outstanding achievement and excellent leadership.
